QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 264)
It terminates, for domestic purposes, the state of war between the Philippines and Germany effective July 9, 1951, while explicitly stating that this termination does not prejudice the future conclusion of a formal peace settlement with Germany.
On December 11, 1941, the United States declared that a state of war existed between the United States and Germany; by virtue of the relationship between the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the United States, the Philippines acquired belligerent status at that moment.
It states that before December 11, 1941, the Philippine Army was inducted into the service of the Armed Forces of the United States of America—supporting the factual basis for the Philippines’ belligerent involvement in the war.
On June 14, 1942, the Philippines became a signatory to the Declaration by the United Nations (Allied War Pact), pledging to employ its full resources against common enemies and promising not to make separate peace or armistice with any of them.
They are the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.
They agreed to proceed with domestic measures required to terminate the state of war with Germany and expressed hope that other countries would take similar action.
Because it clarifies the intent that domestic termination does not constitute a separate peace settlement with Western Germany and should not prejudice a later formal peace settlement.
Upon the complete defeat of Germany and the assumption of supreme authority, rather than upon the rights of belligerents occupying enemy territory in time of war.
It assumes that domestic measures by France, the United States, and the United Kingdom terminating a state of war will apply to the whole of Germany and to all German nationals.
It states that recent developments have made it desirable to terminate the state of war to integrate the German people into the community of peace-loving peoples of the world.
The President recommended to Congress the approval of a resolution terminating, for domestic purposes, the state of war between the Philippines and Germany as of July 9, 1951.
It enjoins all administrative agencies to refrain from any action that might impair the projected termination of the war as of this date, pending appropriate action by Congress.
It expressly provides that termination is 'without prejudice' to the conclusion later of a formal peace settlement with Germany—meaning domestic termination is temporary/limited in effect for legal purposes.
July 9, 1951.
No. It terminates the state of war for domestic purposes and states that it does not prejudice a future formal peace settlement.
It implies that the domestic termination for legal effect is tied to Congress’s approval/resolution, reflecting that executive action alone is not treated as the final domestic legal basis without legislative concurrence.